I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review, and this is the book review

on this week's episode, our monthly book club discussion hosted, as always, by M.J. Franklin.

He and his guests are discussing a psychological thriller titled

The Catch. M.J., over to you. Hello, and welcome to another book club episode of the book review

podcast. I'm M.J. Franklin. I'm an editor here at the New York Times Book Review, and for this month's

book review book club, we're talking about The Catch, the debut novel by the poet and memoirist. editor here at the New York Times Book Review, and for this month's Book Review Book Club,

we're talking about The Catch, the debut novel by the poet and memoirist, Eursa Daily Ward.

The Catches many things at once. It's a psychological thriller, a grief novel, a tale of sisterhood. It peaks into publishing, and it poses ideas of isolation and care.

It's also experimental and metaphictional and completely mind-bending and mind-boggling.

It's a book that makes you think there is a lot here.

I need to talk to someone about this because I want to make sure I even understand what is going on.

And that is exactly what we're here to do.

Talk about it amongst friends.

Speaking of, joining me in the studio to talk about The Catch are two voices that you know and love both fellow editors here at the book review.

First, we have Jen Harlan, who you may remember from our conversation about Orbital at the beginning of the year.

Welcome back, Jen.

Thanks so much for having me. I am so excited to dig into this book. There's a lot to dig into.

Also with us is Sadie Stein, who last joined the book club to discuss Playworld by Adam Ross a few months ago.

Sadie, welcome. Thank you. I'm very excited to talk about this one.

And before we dive into the conversation, you know the drill.

We have a few admin notes up top.

First, at the end of the episode, we will reveal our August book club book, so stay with us until the end to find out what we're reading next.

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